Answer Questions About Story Details

Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about key details in literary text.

How the lesson starts: Answer Questions About Story Details

Meet Detective Hoot
Hi friend! Meet Hoot. Hoot is an owl detective. Hoot answers questions about stories. But Hoot never guesses. Hoot finds the answer in the words. Let's be detectives too!
Question words
Each question word asks for something. Who asks for a person or animal. What asks for a thing. Where asks for a place. When asks for a time.
Hoot's first case
Hoot reads. Pip the pup went to the beach. He dug a big hole. Where did Pip go? Where asks for a place. Look at the words. The beach! Watch out. Don't guess the zoo. Check the words!